1. My tongue ransoms a beloved though it does not mention him
And my heart does not forget him though fearing the slanderers

2. I yearn to be engrossed in him then he prevents me
For being engrossed in him does not please him

3. And people have become malicious towards us with some talk
Had what they mentioned been true I would not have cared for him

4. O you whom I endure for what I endure
My Master, I am patient until Allah judges

5. I called another my beloved, deceiving
A group regarding you who babbled confusedly

6. I say Zayd, Zayd though I do not know him
He is but a name, you are its meaning

7. And how often I mentioned an unimportant name
Until its mention led to your mention

8. For you, over all lovers I came to excel
He has become cherished, my Master, my Master

9. And for you I got envious enemies, though they did not reach
Each time I see their scheming as their scheming

10. Their eyes were about to speak to me with hatred
As if the eyes of the people were their mouths

11. O you who came visiting one day thus honoring me
May Allah not make less my Master's arrival

12. I have a conversation today I want to mention
And you know apart from people its contents